Comedy Showcase

Comedy Showcase: Live in San Francisco on Jul 25, 2021 8:00pm. Catch this incredibly hilarious comedy show. Find our picks of the absolute best shows happening this month, from improv to open mic nights and everything in-between. Spend your night laughing at stand-up sets, talk shows and sketches from the best comedians. Searching for something super-specific like killer parties in San Francisco, concerts, interesting exhibitions at the city's top art museums or free things to do? We totally ...

A comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement and most often work by exaggerating characteristics for humorous effect. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). One of the oldest genres in film – and derived from the classical comedy in theatre –, some of the very first silent movies were comedies, as slapstick comedy often relies on visual depictions, without requiring sound. When sound films became more prevalent during the 1920s, comedy films took another swing, as laughter could result from burlesque situations but also dialogue.